Legal Opinion
Modern Social Education, Inc. v. Preller
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided January 12, 1973No. Civ. 72-1202-H, 72-1203-HPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARVEY, District Judge:
The pending litigation is but another battle in the long standing war between enforcement officials of the State of Maryland and those who seek to show or distribute sexually oriented films or printed materials in the City of Baltimore. 1 At issue in the engagements to date and in these two cases is the constitutionality of Maryland’s motion picture censorship and obscenity laws.
In Adler v. Pomerleau, 313 F.Supp. 277 (D.Md.1970), the proprietor of a so-called “adult book store” located in the City of Baltimore challenged the constitutionality of §§ 417, 418 and 551 of…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Dombrowski v. PfisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Freedman v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- SAMUELS Et Al. v. MACKELL, DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF QUEENS COUNTY, Et Al.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Perez v. LedesmaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Schoonfield v. Mayor and City Council of BaltimoreDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1975
- Fisher v. Federal National Mortgage AssociationDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1973
- Age of Majority Educational Corp. v. PrellerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1975
- Morrow v. IgleburgerDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 1974
- 400 E. Baltimore Street, Inc. v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1981
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